Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wister’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 5 novels, with individual contents tables
* The complete short stories
* Rare story collections available in no other collection
* Features rare tales appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including the original version of ‘Hank’s Woman’, Wister’s first Western
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories
* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read
* Includes Wister’s rare poetry collections – available in no other collection
* Wister’s non-fiction, with rare essays and articles – spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works
* Special ‘Contextual Pieces’ section, with numerous reviews, profiles and articles evaluating Wister’s contribution to American literature
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
Please note: due to copyright restrictions, the memoir ‘Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919’ cannot appear in this edition. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update.
CONTENTS:
The Novels
The Dragon of Wantley (1892)
Lin McLean (1897)
The Virginian (1902)
Lady Baltimore (1906)
Members of the Family (1911)
The Shorter Fiction
The New Swiss Family Robinson (1882)
Hank’s Woman (1892)
Red Men and White (1895)
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories (1900)
Padre Ignacio (1911)
Sun Road (1924)
Safe in the Arms of Croesus (1927)
When West was West (1928)
The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order
The Poetry
Done in the Open (1902)
Indispensable Information for Infants (1921)
Miscellaneous Poems
The Poems
List of Poems in Chronological Order
List of Poems in Alphabetical Order
The Non-Fiction
Where Charity Begins (1895)
Ulysses S. Grant (1901)
Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat (1903)
The Seven Ages of Washington (1907)
Theodore Roosevelt (1914)
Reminiscence with Postscript (1915)
The Pentecost of Calamity (1915)
The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher (1915)
Quack-Novels and Democracy (1915)
A Straight Deal (1920)
My Maiden Effort (1921)
Neighbors Henceforth (1922)
Forewords to Other Writers’ Books
Contextual Pieces
Articles, Profiles and Reviews
